Carton



H. H. MONK Sept. 12, 1933.

CARTON Filed NOV. 4, 1932 Patented Sept. 12, 1933 CARTON HowardHQ Monk,Rockford, Ill., assignor-l to Nelson Knitting Company, Rockford, 111,,1a

corporation of Delaware H Application November 4, 1932. SerialNo.641,235 w I 4'o'ia s; (Cl. 206-44) This invention relates to a new andimproved carton adapted for use in connectionwith hosiery and similarmerchandise, both forshipment and display purposes. 2 v i 5 Theprincipal objectof my. invention is to provide a carton having afoldable bellows end which is adapted to be folded'so that a flapforming part of the end can be entered therein to close the cartonsecurely enough'for shipment while still'al lowing the same to be openedeasily bythe merchant, one of the side walls of the carton being,perforated inwardly from the flap to permit bending up a portion ofthelwall to serve as a prop for the flap which is adapted to rest on topof the merchandise in the carton and to have. suitable advertisingmatter thereon pertaining to the mer chandise. I a 'In the drawingillustrating the invention Figure 1 is a perspective view of a cartonmade in accordance with my invention showing the bellows end closed, asin shipment;

Fig. 2 is a similarview showing the bellows end open;

Fig. 3 is another similar view showing how the 35 wise of one end, asindicated at 11, and out along the lines 5 so as to form flaps 12 to 15.The flaps 12 and 14 overlap one another when folded in- .wardly fromopposite sides of the carton, and the flap 13 has tongues 16 formedthereon to enter slots 17 cut in the flap so that these flaps, whenfolded in from the other opposite sides'of the carton, can beinterlocked in a well known manner to seal the one end of the carton. Myinvention is particularly concerned with the con- 5 struction of theother end of the carton.

The other end of the blank is scored crosswise in'parallelism with thescoring 11, as at 18, and end flaps 19 to 22 are marked off in the endporr tion of the blank by continuing the scoring along the lines 5, asshown. A small tab 23 is formed contiguous with the edge of the flap 19by'reason of the notch 24, and this tab is arranged to overlap the edgeof the flap 22 and be glued thereto. The flaps l9 and 21 are scored inthe form of a 5 V, as at 25, to mark on the triangles a,-b and c,

7 is desired to use the carton for display purposes on flap forming partof the bellows end is used for with the line 18.

thus tami g the flap-5.19am 21 to molded infrom the opposite sidestoward. each other, as a bellows, thereby defining a pocket between theflap .22 and'the portions a oftheilaps 19 and 21, as indicated at 26 inFigure 1, to receive .the ,0 flap 20. In this way, the carton is closedsecur'eother end so as totake advantage of the display feature which Iwill'now describe.

, 'The flap has advertising matter printed thereon or applied thereto,as indicated at 27,

pertaining vto the merchandise 28 in the carton,

which in'the present case happens to be socks. It

the counters, shelves, or in display windows, and to have theadvertising matter on the flap stand out as prominently as possible soas to attract the prospective customers attentionto the merchandise.With that object in view, the end of the panel '7 is perforated alongthe converging lines 29 and 30 extending inwardly from the edges of theflap 20, thus permitting one to cut or tear the material of the carton,first along the lines 5 to the inner end of the flap 20 and then alongthe lines 29 and 30, and then to bend up the end portion 31 of the panelalong a line 32 scored in parallelism In that ,way, the flap 20 ispropped by the portion 31 as it rests on top of the merchandise in thecarton, the latter being pulled out of the end of the cartonto a certainextent, as shown, for the purpose'of better displaying the vsame. Thetriangular portions 0 of the flaps 21 are either cutoff or folded inoutof the way. Theyare cut away as the carton appears in Fig. 3.

It will appear from the foregoing description that I have providedacarton of extremely simple and economical construction and one which, inaddition'to serving the purpose of a shipping container, presents such aneat and attractive appearance when opened and prepared for displaypurposes, that the sale of the merchandise contained therein is greatlypromoted thereby. The merchandise is kept neatly arranged instead ofbeing stacked in piles which present an untidy apend flaps constitutingcontinuations of .said.

being elongated to ,provide a retaining :end :por-

tion to keep. the folded end closed, the elongated flap being furtheradapted to serveas a display" sign for advertising the mercl1andise;in'.the carton when the end is open andfthe'merchandise pulled out so as tobe exposed to view, said elongated end flap beingseparable at itslateral edges "from the contiguousend flaps, and a prep for said'flap.formedby an end portion of. theipanel contiguous with 'sai'd flap, bentoutwardly from the plane of said panel; said prop-servingfto supporttheflap in a position Testing .011 :tbpvor the merchandise ,for displaypurposes, the 'end of the panel contiguous with said flap being providedwith'perforations extendinginwardly from the "end ofthe panel 'inconverging lines, for the pura pose described.

2. A carton as set forth in claim "1 wherein'ithe endvof the panelcontiguous 'with the elongated end flap is scored crosswise inparallelism with the end of the panel at the inner ends of saidconverging lines, so as to define the bending line for the prop.

3. In a carton, the combination of a side panel, an end flapconstituting a continuation of said panel and/adapted 'tomserve as :9.display sign when properly-disposed in a raised position with relationto the carton, and a prop for said flap formed by an end portion of thepanel bent outwardly from the plane of said panel to support the flap ina raised position for display purposes, the panel being provided withperforations extending inwardlyirom the end of the panel in converginglinesior the purpose described.

4-. Elna carton, thecombination of a side panel,

an :end iflap constituting a continuation of said panel and adapted toserve as a display sign when properly disposed in a'raised position withrelation ..to the carton, and a prop ,for, said flap formed'by anendportion of the panel ,bent outwardly from the plane of said panel tosupport the flap in a raised po'sitionfor display purposes, the panelbeing provided with perforations vex- 'tending inwardly from the, (endor the ,panel in converging lines for the purpose described, said panelJbe'ing scored crosswise substantially vin parallelism with the end ofthe panel .at thefinner ends "of .the converging lines, so as .to definethe bending line for the prop.

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